On Sun, 2009-12-20 at 00:15 -0600, Mathew Howard wrote: > Yes, I see your point. I agree that we need a way to only show windows > on the current workspace, although I'm not sure what the best way to > implement it would be. > > I think the developers have said they have other plans for the window > name in the panel, but I could see a hot corner working. > > Sam Illingworth wrote: > > > The overlay fails as a window switcher as soon as you have a lot of > > windows and/or a lot of workspaces, because every window becomes > > tiny so you can't see what's in it. We're wasting space both on the > > rest of the overlay and on other workspaces when all we want to do > > is switch between windows on the current workspace. > > > > > > How about a hot corner that brings up a window list for the current > > workspace (it could be the same style as the alt tab)? Or, my > > preferred option, clicking the name of the current window in the > > panel could bring up this list. But if you have multiple desktop you > > definitely need a way of just seeing things on the current one - the > > whole point of separating things out onto other workspaces is so > > they don't distract from the task at hand, the windows for which are > > on the current workspace. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 19 Dec 2009, at 10:44 PM, Mathew Howard <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > I don't see how Gnome-Shell fails on any of these. Firefox's > > > download window is simple to find in the overview, besides you can > > > always get to it from Firefox's menu - or put a button for it on > > > the tool bar if you like. GIMP works fine - the only windows that > > > show up in the overview are the actual image windows and the other > > > windows automatically come to the foreground when you select one. > > > On MPlayer you do have to go to the overview twice to get both the > > > controls and the video, but I see little difference from any other > > > system where you have to select both windows separately anyway. > > > > > > Danté Ashton wrote: > > > > > > > I do have a few other examples where the current GNOME-Shell > > > > would fail; > > > > > > > > FIrefox and it's separate download window. > > > > > > > > GIMP and it's multiple windows. > > > > > > > > MPlayer > > > > > > > > A Dock is impractical here, as all of them are currently > > > > incapable of > > > > showing me what's in the window. Unless we either have the > > > > classic way > > > > of managing windows, someone gets them to be all grouped > > > > toghter, or > > > > distributions start replacing GIMP with GIMPShop and Firefox > > > > with an > > > > embedded download window... > > > > There needs to be some level of window management in an > > > > activites > > > > window, and not just in the overlay. > > > > On 19/12/09 04:20, Corrie Strydom wrote: > > > > > I like the gnome-shell, and yes its very easy to get used to. > > > > One > > > > > idea/problem, could someone make it possibe to change in what > > > > corner > > > > > you want the "zoom" to be? I have this annoying habit of > > > > pushing the > > > > > pointer top-left everytime I'm typing something. I'd like my > > > > zoom to > > > > > be bottom left. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 19/12/2009, Sriram Ramkrishna<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> It only took about 1 day for me. It was very natural for me. > > > > Taking one > > > > >> person's impressions and then saying the whole idea sucks > > > > makes a lousy > > > > >> argument against the gnome-shell concept. > > > > >> > > > > >> sri > > > > >> > > > > >> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Денис Черемисов > > > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>> Few weeks to get comfortable? Man, are you crazy? > > > > >>> It's too long and only proves the gnome-shell idea sucks. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> 2009/12/19 Bob Hazard<[email protected]> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> It's actually more useful to someone with only one workspace > > > > because > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> they tend to have even more overlapping windows. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> It only needs one click to switch windows anyway. The top > > > > left corner > > > > >>>> is a big target you can do a very approximate gesture to > > > > trigger the > > > > >>>> zoom without clicking. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> After a while it becomes second nature and I was surprised > > > > that it > > > > >>>> feels very old fashioned to go back to a flat desktop. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Try Docky if you find the transition uncomfortable but it > > > > only takes a > > > > >>>> few weeks. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> 2009/12/18 Danté Ashton<[email protected]>: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> Hey all. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> I've been watching GNOME Shell for a while, but there is > > > > one problem > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> that I > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> really can't see being resolved. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> How useful is this to someone who uses one desktop? Just > > > > one? > > > > >>>>> Never-mind > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> the > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> other one, or three, or four... > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> Why should I, the user, have to perform three extra clicks > > > > just to do > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> what > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> it takes me one to do now? > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> There has been less video/photo material to consume then I > > > > could safely > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> make > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>>> a judgement on, and if the 'one desktop' problem has been > > > > addressed and > > > > >>>>> solved, I apologize for taking up your time. > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>>>> gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > > >>>>> [email protected] > > > > >>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>>> > > > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>>> gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > > >>>> [email protected] > > > > >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> -- > > > > >>> С уважением, Денис Черемисов. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > > >>> gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > > >>> [email protected] > > > > >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-shell-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-shell-list > >
What I've got right now (outside of Gnome-Shell) is the top-left corner set up as a hotcorner for the Compiz Expo plugin to sort-of simulate the Gnome-Shell workspace switching. The bottom corner is a hotcorner for the Scale plugin, which tiles the windows on the current workspace. It's working pretty good for me, but I reckon just a hotcorner by itself would be kind of startling. What about a small icon in the corner? Maybe just a small pic of a couple windows, when you mouseover it they move into a grid, and click to tile the windows for real? I've attached a quick mockup of what I mean.
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